The author, Samson Negbo Abangma, is a native speaker of the Dényá language of Cameroon. This study shows how discourse structure seems to influence the use of verb forms. Looks at modes in narrative, procedural, expository, and hortatory discourse. Includes five texts in English and Anyang. This book is based on the author's doctoral thesis --University of Yaounde , 1981. Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbbreviations and SymbolsMapChaptersPreliminary Considerations1.1 The Dényá Language and People1.2 The Present StudyThe Modes2.1 The Structure of the Verb2.2 The Modes2.3 SummaryModes in Narrative Discourse3.1 The Internal Structure of a Narrative Text3.2 The Use of the Modes in Narrative Discourse3.3 SummaryModes in Procedural Discourse4.1 The Internal Structure of a Procedural Text4.2 The Use of Modes in Procedural Discourse4.3 SummaryModes in Expository Discourse5.1 The Internal Structure of an Expository Text5.2 The Use of Modes in Expository Discourse5.3 SummaryModes in Hortatory Discourse6.1 The Internal Structure of a Hortatory Text6.2 The Use of Modes in Hortatory Discourse6.3 Hierarchy of the InjunctionsConclusionAppendix A: Phonology, Noun Classes, Order TypologyAppendix B: TextsBibliography

Modes in Denya Discourse (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 79) (English and Niger Kordofanian Languages Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Abangma, Samson Negbo

Social Sciences

SIL International, Global Publishing

A sampling of some of the diverse studies recently carried out by investigators with varying divergent yet partially overlapping interests in the Spanish language.Recent trends in Hispanic linguistics African influence on Hispanic dialects The Spanish teacher as dialectologistNoun gender categories in Spanish and French

Current Trends and Issues in Hispanic Linguistics (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 80)

The thirteen papers in this volume are new contributions-in terms of fieldwork or of analysis-to the study of Kadai languages other than those of the Tai branch. The specific languages in focus are: Kam, Sui, Maonan, Mulam, Mak, Then, Ai-Cham, Be, Hlai (Li), and Lakkia.

Comparative Kadai: Linguistic Studies Beyond Tai (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 86)

Pike, Kenneth Lee

This book has two parts. Part one presents a grammatical sketch of the Hixkaryana language--which is a member of the Carib language family and is spoken in northern Brazil--and the other part suggests the place Hixkaryana has in syntactic typology.

Hixkaryana and Linguistic Typology (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 76)

Derbyshire, Desmond C.

Presents 12 papers on coherence, participant reference, and Relevance Theory in Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon. The papers are organized into three sections to explain the linguistic features of Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon whose meaning can only be explained by taking into account domains larger than the sentence. Folk tales and other narratives are used to illustrate discourse features of 10 languages from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, and Zaïre. The first section concentrates on how coherence is maintained in a text when the author introduces a local discontinuity. The second section identifies factors which affect the amount of encoding used as a speaker refers to participants throughout a discourse. The third section presents data that applies insights from Relevance Theory. Describes markers of prominence and backgrounding.

Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 119)

<p>Shows how to conduct sociolinguistic surveys on a small scale without access to funding sometimes available to national language planners. Prepares to train people with little background in social research methodology. Spells out how those primarily concerned with local languages can learn to make informed decisions about language choice at local levels. Provides invaluable background on bilingualism and language use and attitudes. Shows how bilingualism develops and is maintained in different situations. Describes several methods for testing dialect comprehensibility in considerable detail, and gives advantages and disadvantages of each. It combines academic sophistication with realism and is a major contribution for conducting sociolinguistic surveys in general.</p>

Survey on a Shoestring: A Manual for Small-Scale Language Surveys (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 96)

Blair, Frank

Sentence repetition testing (SRT) is a methodology for investigating patterns of community-wide bilingualism. It is a screening device for testing for bilingualism in an entire community, and it is a valid test for second-language proficiency. High correlations have been found between the performance of second-language speakers on SRTs and descriptive estimations of second-language proficiency. These two methodologies give promise of being reliable in the assessment of language proficiency in low literacy rate contexts.

Sentence Repetition Testing for Studies of Community Bilingualism (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 104)

Radloff, Carla

This book,  Mitla Zapotec Texts: Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 3, gives a grammatical sketch of Zapotec (Mitla Vallay, Oaxaca, Mexico).This third volume in the series Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages consists of eight stories narrated by native speakers, transcribed phonemically, with glossing in English and free translations in English and Spanish.Table of ContentsEditor's PrefaceIntroductionThe First Man, Woman, and Children JerÓnimo QueroJohn the Charcoal Maker JerÓnimo QueroThe Rabbit and the Coyote Pedro AguilarThe Lion Meets a Man Pedro AguilarThe Man Who Went to Town Manuel Quero OliveroA Person of the Earth Who Was Cold All the Time Manuel Quero OliveroThe Turtle and the Buzzard Fausto SosaThe Smallest Animal Manuel Quero Olivero

Mitla Zapotec Texts: Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages 3 (Summer Institute of Linguistics Language Data Amerindian Series, Publication 12) (English, Zapotec, Spanish and Zapotec Edition)

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

<p>Ika is a Chibchan language spoken by some 7,000 persons in northeastern Colombia. This grammar was written from a typological/functional perspective, which was found to provide a good framework for writing broadly useful, descriptive grammars.</p>

Ika Syntax: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 1 (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, Vol. 94)

Frank, Paul

The articles in this volume came out of a workshop held by the editors in 1990 on the campus of Pattimura University, in Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. In these articles, the phonologies of the Sawai, Kisar, Larike, and West Tarangan languages are described. Also, maps and information about the languages' locations, various ethnic features, and suggested classifications are included in the book.

Phonological Studies in Four Languages of Maluku (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol. 108)

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